The symbolic, the sublime, and Slavoj Žižek's theory of film
By: by Matthew Flisfeder
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780230341470
Subjects: Motion pictures; Philosophy; Criticism and interpretation
Description: Slavoj Žižek is one of the world's most important contemporary public intellectuals. Much of his popularity stems from his constant and recurring references to popular culture and cinema, as well as his own appearances in films such as "The Pervert's Guide to Cinema" and "Examined Life". Although Slavoj Žižek refers to cinema in order to help explain difficult concepts in his theoretical writing, film scholars question whether Slavoj Žižek has his own theory of film. This book argues that Slavoj Žižek's writing on film radically reorients the scope of contemporary film studies. Returning to questions about ideology and subjectivity, Flisfeder argues that Slavoj Žižek's theory of film aims to re-politicize film studies and film theory, bringing cinema into the fold of twenty-first century politics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From film theory to post-theory; title: Sublime objects of cinema; title: Class struggle in film studies; title: Interlude: the pervert and the analyst; title: Cinema, ideology, and form; title: Enjoyment in the cinema; title: Conclusion: theory as realism set in drive.